Hacking Porting Android to 3DS?

[anoraktrend]

Arm11 uses armv6 and arm9 uses armv5e command calls, Also I don't think this would be to big of a stretch, seeing as we already have linux3ds that loads via a9lh which seems to work well. it could just be a matter of editing the boot settings and forth to let it work.

 

[Halvorsen]

This should be possible with sighax.

 

[GerbilSoft]

This should be possible with sighax.

It's "possible" right now with A9LH, but Android out of the box doesn't support 3DS hardware. Someone would have to write drivers for everything, and considering the fact that Android wouldn't run too well with 256 MB RAM (New3DS), there's really no point.

 

[Deleted-351540]

This should be possible with sighax.

I see what you did there...

 

[Halvorsen]

I see what you did there...

Hm?
No, it should legitimately be possible with sighax.

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Hm?
No, it should legitimately be possible with sighax.

There is no difference, as far as running Linux or Android goes, between sighax and k9lhax.

 

[Dionicio3]

Arm11 uses armv6 and arm9 uses armv5e command calls, Also I don't think this would be to big of a stretch, seeing as we already have linux3ds that loads via a9lh which seems to work well. it could just be a matter of editing the boot settings and forth to let it work.

Just... why?

 

[Deleted-351540]

Hm?
No, it should legitimately be possible with sighax.

Then it should legitimately be possible already.

 

[Halvorsen]

Then it should legitimately be possible already.

Seeing as sighax and TCFW for 3DS doesn't even exist yet...

 

[Deleted-351540]

Seeing as sighax and TCFW for 3DS doesn't even exist yet...

Nothing sighax brings is going to allow Android to be ported quicker or easier. The Linux kernel already runs on the 3DS (albeit inefficiently), so it's just a matter of someone actually building a device tree and making it happen. Not near as easy as it sounds. Quite difficult, actually.

There is no difference, as far as running Linux or Android goes, between sighax and k9lhax.

Is entirely true.

 

[Pacheko17]

Just... why?

Because why not?

 

[APartOfMe]

Just... why?

think about how running android on a 3ds would make your life easier! you could have a game console that's also a horribly inefficient phone that can't even make calls! there would be no need to spend hundreds of dollars on phones anymore!

 

[gold lightning]

Guys, I want to run the original MacOS on my Sega Genesis. It and the original Macintosh use the same processor, so obviously it must be easy. In no way is there a lack of practicality and/or needed system resources, right?

 

[democracy]

Lol android on 3ds. Is this supposed to be a joke?

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[APartOfMe]

Lol android on 3ds. Is this supposed to be a joke?

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i would honestly love this, even if it didn't work very well it would still be cool

 

[The Catboy]

Just... why?

For science, my boy! This is the wonderful world of hacking, where we don't ask why, we ask how!

 

[Halvorsen]

There is no difference, as far as running Linux or Android goes, between sighax and k9lhax.

a9lh uses the 3DS firmware to run and has the 3DS OS running in the background. With sighax you should be able to replace the firmware and OS entirely from the ground up.

 

[DrkBeam]

a9lh uses the 3DS firmware to run and has the 3DS OS running in the background. With sighax you should be able to replace the firmware and OS entirely from the ground up.

Lol, you don't know who is shinyquagsire23, is simple, a9lh and sighax is almost the same

By the way nice necrobump

 

[GerbilSoft]

a9lh uses the 3DS firmware to run and has the 3DS OS running in the background. With sighax you should be able to replace the firmware and OS entirely from the ground up.

A9LH does require the original FIRM to be present, but it isn't actually run. It's copied into memory, and then ARM9Loader runs the (corrupted) code in FIRM1, which jumps to the A9LH payload. The 3DS OS isn't used at all. For instance, when running GodMode9 or Hourglass9 from A9LH, the 3DS OS isn't running. If you chainload from A9LH to Luma3DS, then it starts the 3DS OS normally.

Therefore, A9LH is effectively the same as Sighax. The only difference is requiring the original 3DS FIRM partition to be intact for the initial boot.

 

[Halvorsen]

Lol, you don't know who is shinyquagsire23, is simple, a9lh and sighax is almost the same

By the way nice necrobump

Er, what does this even mean? First you're talking about quagsire, then jump to the conclusion that they are both the same. He's a developer and reverse engineerist. I work with his tools a lot lol.

A9LH does require the original FIRM to be present, but it isn't actually run. It's copied into memory, and then ARM9Loader runs the (corrupted) code in FIRM1, which jumps to the A9LH payload. The 3DS OS isn't used at all. For instance, when running GodMode9 or Hourglass9 from A9LH, the 3DS OS isn't running. If you chainload from A9LH to Luma3DS, then it starts the 3DS OS normally.

Therefore, A9LH is effectively the same as Sighax. The only difference is requiring the original 3DS FIRM partition to be intact for the initial boot.

I understand how a9lh works. The payload is limited to a few mb in size and only can jump to the actual 3DS OS afterwards as a cfw, which in itself isn't a cfw but merely a set of patches. With sighax none of this needs to happen since the 3DS recognises anything you throw as it with a valid signature, so you can replace the actual OS itself from the bottom up.